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NYPD Deploys Thousands as First Avenue Closes for UN Meetings
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- City officials block First Avenue and Midtown streets for UN General Assembly meetings.
- NYC Department of Transportation declared each weekday a Gridlock Alert Day, urging transit use.
- Closures run Sunday through Saturday, September 26, covering First Avenue 41st-48th and 42nd Street.
- NYPD deployed thousands of officers, bomb squads, K-9 teams, drones, and counterterrorism units.
- Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said NYPD will allow peaceful protests but enforce zero-tolerance for violence.